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We spend January 1 walking through our lives,

room by room,

drawing up a list of work to be done,

cracks to be patched.

Maybe this year,

to balance the list,

we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives...

not looking for flaws, but for potential.

~Ellen Goodman

i posted this last year

but it still rings so true with my heart

so here is, again, my wish for all of you

whose friendship i have gotten to share in blogland!

thank-you!

i wish you Health...so you may enjoy each day in comfort.
i wish you the Love of friends and family...and Peace within your heart.
i wish you the Beauty of nature...that you may enjoy the work of God.
i wish you Wisdom to choose priorities...for those things that really matter in life.
i wish you Generosity so you may share...all good things that come to you.
i wish you Happiness and Joy...and Blessings for the New Year.
i wish for your dreams to come true.
i wish for you thankfulness......which makes for a happy heart.
i wish you the best of everything!
Happy New Year!

Christmas memories 2008

trying to explain to brody that we need to wait for asher and journey

auntie hess and uncle josh!

they're here!

let the fun begin!

jamie and matt gave us the gift of telling us

the name of this little one they will be adopting

and how it came about!

(but i'll let her be the one to share it with you)

our gift to the grandbabies (and ummm...the daughters too?) :)

good times!

we had three days of fun, games, eats, celebrations, laughter and good times!

now it's time for a nap!

dancing for 35 years!

sharing a life together is
sharing steps in time.
it is the giving of songs and silences
only the heart can see.
the music of love may be different to each of us,
but how beautiful the dance.

(december 28, 1973)

i love you my dear bryan john
thank you again, for this dance!

Merry Christmas!

may we all

feel

the

joy

of this

season

and

celebrate

with

thankful hearts

our blessings

from

God.
Wishing you warm loving holidays

with loved ones

sharing and caring!

our little angel

our little angel

has been topping our Christmas tree since around 1975.

each year after the ornaments have been hung,

one of the girls

has had the privilege

of placing this little angel

at the tip top

to be the guardian

of our tree.

last year

we started having grandbabies share in the tradition,

and little asher, being the oldest

set her lovingly in her place.....

and this year

it was brody's turn...

it always makes it a bit more fun and exciting

to be on papa's shoulders

while papa in on a ladder!

so there she is again,

lovingly placed

and residing

over

our

family

celebrations....

and oh what celebrations there will be!

tis the season

wishing you days

of

precious

moments

thankfulness

and

memories made!

a day of thankful celebration

this day has been so long in coming.

i wondered so many times

how it would feel

for our family

to be able to host a baby shower for jamie and matt.

it was a wonderful day of

thankfulness

celebration

hope

love

tears

and

sharing!

this was the verse on jamie's invitation:

Just
“HOME” and “LOVE”
the words are small,
four letters unto each;
And yet you will not find in all
the wide and gracious range of speech,
two more so tenderly complete.
~Robert Service

Come celebrate
this journey of the heart
to bring their wee one
HOME to LOVE!

this was
truly
a
heartfelt
celebration!

and i am so thankful!